Re: Cross-install howto

On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 10:00:28AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 10:46:43PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 08:34:49PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > > OK, here's the result (I still have to do the markup). > > ... > > >To create filesystems on you

Re: Cross-install howto

On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 02:47:26PM +0200, Ben Bucksch wrote: > Hi Tillman, > > Chris Tillman wrote: > > > This section explains how to install Debian GNU/Linux from an existing > > Unix or Linux system. > > > Thanks for writing that up. > > >This has been requested by users switching to > >

Re: Cross-install howto

On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 10:46:43PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 08:34:49PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > OK, here's the result (I still have to do the markup). > ... > >To create filesystems on your partitions (this example creates and > >ext3 partition, for ext2 o

Re: Cross-install howto

Hi Tillman, Chris Tillman wrote: > This section explains how to install Debian GNU/Linux from an existing > Unix or Linux system. > Thanks for writing that up. >This has been requested by users switching to > the "best" Linux system from Redhat, Mandrake, or SUSE. > Please leave these

Re: Cross-install howto

On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 08:34:49PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > OK, here's the result (I still have to do the markup). ... >To create filesystems on your partitions (this example creates and >ext3 partition, for ext2 omit -j): > $ mke2fs -j /dev/partition # e.g.: /dev/hda3 If you d

Re: Cross-install howto

#include Giuseppe Sacco wrote on Wed Jul 03, 2002 um 09:50:24AM: > I am not sure, but I think that you may put an alias in /etc/modules in > a form like this in order to avoid to think about the loading order. > > alias network-driver-module eth0 > .. > alias network-driver-moduleN ethN You me

Re: Cross-install howto

Il Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 05:15:13PM +0200, Eduard Bloch ha scritto: > > NOTE: If you one or more multiple network cards and you rely on the working > network, you should enter the names of driver modules into the > /etc/modules file in the correct order (so if you have multiple NICs, > the right c

Re: Cross-install howto

On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 05:15:13PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Chris Tillman wrote on Mon Jul 01, 2002 um 11:46:37PM: > > >Mount any additional filesystems. > > # If this mount point is referenced in your /etc/fstab: > > $ mount /path # e.g.: mount /usr > > Or use "

Re: Cross-install howto

#include Chris Tillman wrote on Mon Jul 01, 2002 um 11:46:37PM: >Mount any additional filesystems. > # If this mount point is referenced in your /etc/fstab: > $ mount /path # e.g.: mount /usr Or use "mount -a" to mount all filesystems already specified in /etc/fstab. > # K

Re: Cross-install howto

Here's a draft, let's see what y'all think. Is it true that a Unix user could also run debootstrap? - This section explains how to install Debian GNU/Linux from an existing Unix or Linux system. This has been requested by users switching to the "best" Linux system from Redhat, Man

Re: Cross-install howto

On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 10:22:53PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 09:30:49AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > #include > > Ben Bucksch wrote on Sat Jun 01, 2002 um 07:03:14AM: > > > So, I wrote a guide myself and put it online. You can find it at > > >

Re: Cross-install howto

#include Chris Tillman wrote on Fri Jun 28, 2002 um 10:22:53PM: > > Similar for woody: http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/ > > > > Eduard, do you think I should work on putting the chroot install > into the manual? When you wish, sure. But search around a bit, I saw at least two differe

Re: Cross-install howto

On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 09:30:49AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > Ben Bucksch wrote on Sat Jun 01, 2002 um 07:03:14AM: > > So, I wrote a guide myself and put it online. You can find it at > > . If you want, you > > can integrate it (o

Re: Cross-install howto

Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > #include > Ben Bucksch wrote on Sat Jun 01, 2002 um 02:38:44PM: > > > Does debootstrap not run the dbootstrap ncurses-bases config/install > > No. > > > tool? That was probably my problem back then (not Red Hat) - I didn't > > know how to manually

Re: Cross-install howto

#include Ben Bucksch wrote on Sat Jun 01, 2002 um 02:38:44PM: > Does debootstrap not run the dbootstrap ncurses-bases config/install No. > tool? That was probably my problem back then (not Red Hat) - I didn't > know how to manually configure the network, hostnames, timezone etc. > back then

Re: Cross-install howto

#include // :-) Eduard Bloch wrote: >http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/ > Does debootstrap not run the dbootstrap ncurses-bases config/install tool? That was probably my problem back then (not Red Hat) - I didn't know how to manually configure the network, hostnames, timezone etc. back

Re: Cross-install howto

Goswin Brederlow wrote: >mrvn@dual:~% apt-cache show debootstrap >I hope you knew this existed. > Yes, I found it at some point, but IIRC, it's not mentioned in the docs. It works cleanly for Debian only, IIRC (back then, I had a Red Hat system). >You can download the linux.bat, the kernel and r

Re: Cross-install howto

Ben Bucksch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > None of my machines have floppy drives and most of them have no > removable media at all, not even CD-ROM drives. Until recently, I > had no CD burner either. So, I had (and still have) the problem of > installing Debian only with the harddisk and

Re: Cross-install howto

#include Ben Bucksch wrote on Sat Jun 01, 2002 um 07:03:14AM: > So, I wrote a guide myself and put it online. You can find it at > . If you want, you > can integrate it (or something similar) into the Debian install manual > or just link to t

Cross-install howto

None of my machines have floppy drives and most of them have no removable media at all, not even CD-ROM drives. Until recently, I had no CD burner either. So, I had (and still have) the problem of installing Debian only with the harddisk and my existing OSes. Unfortunately, the install guide